Mid-key values give Antonio Verrio its characteristic quietness - nothing blazes, nothing disappears. Neither warm nor cool has the upper hand here; the equilibrium between the two generates the palette's visual energy. Saturation is deliberately withheld - the beauty here lies in the near-monochromatic gradations rather than colour difference. The most saturated colour, #AE9267, is reserved to 11.4% of the surface, where it acts as a focal punctuation. At 52 units across the value scale, the palette keeps contrast readable without letting it dominate. This is palette 1 of Antonio Verrio's sequence - a single chapter in a chromatic story told across many works.